1576.

Relation and description of the Phelipinas Islands. [Francisco
de Sande]; June 8, 1577.

Bull for erection of the diocese of Manila. Gregory XIII;
February 6, 1578.

Letter to Felipe II. Francisco de Sande; July 29, 1578.

Indulgence to those who visit Franciscan churches;
Gregory XIII; November 15, 1578.


_Sources_: These documents are obtained from MSS. in the Archivo de
Indias, Sevilla, excepting the papal decrees; the first of these is
from _Doc. inéd., Amér. y Oceanía_, xxxiv, pp. 72-79, the second from
the _Crónica de la provincia de San Gregorio_ of Fray Francisco de
Santa Inés (Manila, 1892), i, pp. 215, 216.

_Translations_: The first document is translated by Rachel
King; the second, by José M. Ascensio; the third and fifth, by
Rev. T.C. Middleton, O.S.A.; the fourth, by G.A. England.



Relation of the Filipinas Islands

Royal Catholic Majesty: